Amit Shah protégé Vijay Rupani named the new Gujarat CM [Photos]

Who can better tell than Vijay Rupani that patience pays dividends. Just three days after his 60th birthday, the low profile BJP leader was chosen as the new chief minister of Gujarat after his predecessor Anandiben Patel quit from office midway. PTI

Who can better tell than Vijay Rupani that patience pays dividends. Just three days after his 60th b

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Nitin Patel, Deputy Chief Minister (on the right) name gained more circulation. But in the end, it was Rupani with his non-controversial, low-profile and sincere organisational man credentials which prevailed. PTI

Nitin Patel, Deputy Chief Minister (on the right) name gained more circulation. But in the end, it w

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There was intense speculation in the past two days as to who would get to head the Gujarat government between the two of them. However, Nitin got too optimistic and by Friday afternoon he even started publicly accepting congratulations and spoke to news channels as if he was going to be the next chief minister. PTI

There was intense speculation in the past two days as to who would get to head the Gujarat governmen

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For Vijay Rupani, his Jain Bania background suddenly became his asset. But the biggest of all the plus points, which went in his favour was that he had absolute trust of Shah. PTI

For Vijay Rupani, his Jain Bania background suddenly became his asset. But the biggest of all the pl